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| author | Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org> | 2014-10-16 18:40:53 +0400 |
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| committer | Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org> | 2014-12-13 16:15:26 +0300 |
| commit | f7fa034dc8559c7d7326bfc8bd1a26175abd931a (patch) | |
| tree | aa0458365535fcc65662a40fef2dec95a43a47a0 /Documentation/virtual | |
| parent | b856a59141b1066d3c896a0d0231f84dabd040af (diff) | |
| download | linux-f7fa034dc8559c7d7326bfc8bd1a26175abd931a.tar.xz | |
arm/arm64: KVM: Clarify KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ABI
It is not clear that this ioctl can be called multiple times for a given
vcpu. Userspace already does this, so clarify the ABI.
Also specify that userspace is expected to always make secondary and
subsequent calls to the ioctl with the same parameters for the VCPU as
the initial call (which userspace also already does).
Add code to check that userspace doesn't violate that ABI in the future,
and move the kvm_vcpu_set_target() function which is currently
duplicated between the 32-bit and 64-bit versions in guest.c to a common
static function in arm.c, shared between both architectures.
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/virtual')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt index bb82a906e51e..81f1b974c06a 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt @@ -2453,6 +2453,11 @@ return ENOEXEC for that vcpu. Note that because some registers reflect machine topology, all vcpus should be created before this ioctl is invoked. +Userspace can call this function multiple times for a given vcpu, including +after the vcpu has been run. This will reset the vcpu to its initial +state. All calls to this function after the initial call must use the same +target and same set of feature flags, otherwise EINVAL will be returned. + Possible features: - KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF: Starts the CPU in a power-off state. Depends on KVM_CAP_ARM_PSCI. If not set, the CPU will be powered on |